Chloe Smith writes: A New York City lawyer argued in court Wednesday over whether individual teachers’ ratings can be released to the public. The 12,000 New York City schoolteachers through eighth grade elementary and middle school say that the evaluation formula is highly subjective and flawed, and disclosure would violate teachers’ privacy as they fear that…
Category: Workplace
NYCLU sues over DOL’s GPS tracking of employee
Rick Karlin reports: The New York State Civil Liberties Union is suing the state Department of Labor over the organization’s placing of a GPS tracking device on one of their employee’s car without a warrant. The employee, Michael Cunningham, also was the subject of a Times Union story by my colleague James Odato. Read more in…
UAE: Company liable for employee’s social network actions
Parag Deulgaonkar reports: An employer can be held liable for actions of his/her employee on social networking sites, under the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) employment law, according to Clyde and Co. “Under DIFC and QFC employment law, an employer may be held vicariously liable for the actions of its…
Workers’ health information off-limits, except when it’s not
Diane Stafford writes: Do you have to take a pre-offer or post-offer medical exam or a fitness-for-duty test? Are you asking for family leave to care for your mother because she’s dying of breast cancer? Did you write on your Facebook page about your family history of heart attacks? Are there questions about your family’s…